Teamwork
Suggestions from Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
www.mtlebanonlibrary.org
Picture books for children in preschool - grade 2.
Unless otherwise noted, all books may be found in
the picture book section under the author’s last name.
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Doggone dogs! / Karen Beaumont
Ten unruly dogs get loose at obedience school, and when they are captured by the dog-catcher, they work together to effect their escape and return home.
Mr. Tall and Mr. Small / Barbara Brenner
A giraffe and a mouse who live together in the forest think that each is better than the other, until a fire threatens their home and they discover that their differences can be assets after all.
The big, beautiful, brown box / Larry Dane Brimner (j Er BRIMNER– easy reader)
The Corner Kids all have different ideas about how to use a big box, but then they find that working together is the best idea of all.
Arthur makes the team / Marc Brown
Arthur worries that he won't play little league baseball very well and faces lots of teasing until someone discovers teamwork.
The enormous potato / retold by Aubrey Davis
A farmer's potato grows to such an enormous size that he needs the help of his wife, his daughter, a dog, a cat, and a mouse to pull it up.
Feast for 10 / Cathryn Falwell
Numbers from one to ten are used to tell how members of a family shop and work together to prepare a meal.
Mountain wedding / Faye Gibbons
The children from two mountain families about to be joined in a wedding change their minds about each other only after all of them together cooperate in a rescue.
The giant ball of string / Arthur Geisert
Rumpus Ridge, Wisconsin, is proud to have the biggest ball of string in the world, so when they lose their treasure to a nearby town they devise a clever plan to get it back.
The moon came down on Milk Street / Jean Gralley
When the moon comes down in pieces, different community helpers work to set things right again.
Frog, duck, and rabbit / Susanna Gretz
Three animal friends make a costume for a parade.
Duck & Goose / Tad Hills
Duck and Goose learn to work together to take care of a ball, which they think is an egg.
Jolly Tall / Jane Hissey
When they discover that the big box in the playroom contains a tall stuffed giraffe, the toy animals work together to make it feel at home.
Angelina and Alice / Katharine Holabird
Angelina and her best friend discover the importance of teamwork when their acrobatics are the hit of the show at the village fair.
The way back home / Oliver Jeffers
Stranded on the moon after his extraordinary airplane takes him into outer space, a boy meets a marooned young Martian with a broken spacecraft, and they work together to return to their respective homes.
Bravo, brave beavers! / Nannie Kuiper
When a storm arises, the Beaver family works together to save their lodge.
Pepo and Lolo and the red apple / Ana Martín Larrañaga (j T MARTIN LARRANAGA– toddler book)
Pepo the pig and Lolo the chicken work together to obtain an apple from a branch too high for either of them to reach.
Friends / Kim Lewis
While searching for eggs on the farm, Sam and Alice discover that they can be better friends when they cooperate with each other.
The perfect clubhouse / Daniel J. Mahoney
When four friends decide to build the perfect clubhouse, they quickly discover that each has a different idea about what is perfect.
Pearl and Wagner : two good friends / Kate McMullan
Two mice, Pearl and Wagner, work together to build a robot for their science project. (j Er MCMULLAN– easy reader)
Jack and Rick / David McPhail
Jack and Rick want to play together, but there's a river between them and they will have to work together to bridge it.
Teamwork / Ann Morris
Discusses teamwork and how team members working together as a group cooperate to get the job done.
Head, body, legs : a story from Liberia / retold by Won-Ldy Paye
In this tale from the Dan people of Liberia, Head, Arms, Body, and Legs learn that they do better when they work together.
Holey moley / Marcus Pfister
Two moles fight over whether they should build a hill or dig a hole, but when each works on his own project, they get surprising results.
Aunt Minnie and the twister / Mary Skillings Prigger
After a tornado rearranges their Kansas house, Aunt Minnie and the 9 nieces and nephews living with her add on a much-needed new room.
Double trouble Groundhog Day / Bethany Roberts
When 2 groundhogs draw straws to see who will be the next weather forecaster, the winner is so nervous they decide to work together.
Cookies : bite-size life lessons / Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Discover that all of life's important lessons can be taught from just one bite of a cookie, including such concepts as fairness and cooperation.
Fishing for Methuselah / Roger Roth
Two best friends finally find something on which they can cooperate.
Big pumpkin / Erica Silverman
A witch trying to pick a big pumpkin on Halloween discovers the value of cooperation when she gets help from a series of monsters.
Let's build a clubhouse / Marilyn Singer
Rhyming text describes how a group of children works together to build a clubhouse, using a variety of tools.
The clubhouse / Anastasia Suen (j Er SUEN—easy reader)
Peter, Amy, Archie, Lily and Louie work together to build a clubhouse.
The enormous carrot / Vladimir Vagin
A group learns the value of teamwork as one animal after another joins in the effort to pull a giant carrot out of the ground.
Righty and Lefty : a tale of two feet / Rachel Vail
Even though Lefty and Righty like different things, they find they must learn to get along together without tripping over each other.
A team of one / Ila Wallen
Papa Rango, reading to the animals in the Willowbe Woods, shares the story of how Bandit the raccoon learned how to work as part of a team.
Castaway cats / Lisa Wheeler
Fifteen felines find themselves marooned on an island and are not sure what to do.
Today I will fly! / Mo Willems
While Piggie is determined to fly, Elephant is skeptical, but when Piggie gets a little help from others, amazing things happen.
Upstairs Mouse, downstairs Mole / Wong Herbert Yee
Mouse and his downstairs neighbor, Mole, discover that when they help each other, housecleaning and other daily tasks are much easier.
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